IPO Regrets and Shareholder Activism

Last year I wrote about the Alibaba IPO. (If you haven't read my 'What  is an IPO?' post, you can  do so here.) 

Alibaba IPO

If you haven't seen last week's post 'What  is an IPO?' you can read it here.

What is an IPO?

Last week I spent some time at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where Associate Jamie Corner and Trainee Fiona Guest talked us through the Poundland IPO.

I went into the session not even knowing what an IPO was, and emerged with a better understanding and practical example of how they work. In this post I'll go over the basics of IPOs, and in my next post I'll go over the imminent Alibaba IPO.